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Post by jandl100 on Jan 7, 2021 21:31:18 GMT
4 Seasons By Peteris Vasks  |
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 7, 2021 23:10:09 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 8, 2021 5:56:50 GMT
Whoosh, Vasks does it again.
What beautiful music.
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 8, 2021 7:29:05 GMT
I'm having a proper Vasks bask; viola concerto.
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 9, 2021 9:28:00 GMT
Wand at his magnificent best Brahms symphonies 2,3 & 4 so far on my magnificent Hifiman HE-500 headphones.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 9, 2021 13:19:28 GMT
We were looking for new piano pieces for my son and came across this fabulous Toccata from Khachaturian - it has a fantastic modernist mid-century feel to it blended with romance. Yum.
I'll be checking out the rest of the album.
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 9, 2021 15:05:41 GMT
As per Jules' post, it's interesting to hear Khachaturian's piano music.
He's kind of a melodic, tonal(ish), talented Prokofiev.
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 9, 2021 15:55:40 GMT
So my son ended up choosing this Chopin Mazurka which is lovely.
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 10, 2021 12:33:27 GMT
Basil Athanasiadis - Greek Japanese contemporary - and enjoyably strange and exotic
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Post by tarzan on Jan 10, 2021 21:12:15 GMT
' a musical offering' various artists on the BMG Conifer label.....it has 'The Padstow Lifeboat' (Malcolm Arnold conducting and The Grimethorpe Colliery Band playing) track on it and is one of the maddest tracks l have heard -it is brilliant! Charadee shop find.  |
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Post by MartinT on Jan 10, 2021 22:06:53 GMT
A Musical Offering was originally composed by Bach.
This one?
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 11, 2021 5:42:52 GMT
Solti's Bruckner usually works for me.
This 5th is fantastic.
I think he pretty much nails the tempi for each movement.
And the Decca recording is beyond praise, which helps a lot!
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 11, 2021 15:44:56 GMT
The title of this album does it no favours, this is beautifully done. I suspect John would like it, too - defo in the modern classical category. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 11, 2021 16:37:24 GMT
This is good so far.
Only 8 hours 10 minutes to go.
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 11, 2021 17:00:57 GMT
Solo oboe by Telemann
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Post by MartinT on Jan 11, 2021 17:31:43 GMT
This is good so far. Only 8 hours 10 minutes to go. Ah - Sorabji. I have a CD of his music, in fact I think it's only a couple of pieces that fill the entire thing. Not a minimalist composer. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 12, 2021 5:27:15 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 12, 2021 13:50:48 GMT
I actually have that on vinyl Jerry!
I thought Curtis was superb.
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 13, 2021 0:09:57 GMT
What a wonderful album. Sitting here with tears in my eyes listening to the sad beauty of the slow movement of Shostakovich' 2nd piano concerto. .... Martin's sad family news, a slowly dying cat on my lap. Ah well. Perked up a bit now with the 3rd movement. |
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Post by MartinT on Jan 13, 2021 8:58:55 GMT
Thank you, Jerry. That 2nd movement is one of the greatest pieces of piano music ever written. Thank you for reminding me of it, I shall play it tonight.
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